Never been a big Ford Fan. But if I won Powerball this would be the first car I’d buy. It is a true testament to Ford. I think I’ll watch Ford vs Ferrari again.
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If I won a bunch of money, I’d get a well preserved Ford Probe. Those cars are plenty sporty, and fun to drive, and cost a whole lot less.
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Yep, Ford Probe, Ford GT, two peas in a pod!
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I prefer the earlier GT. The one that came out in the early 2000s. Supercharged V8 and it looked more like the GT40 from the 60s.
They are selling for roughly $250K these days.
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Ford Probe vs Ford GT. You’re comparing a pair of pliers to a pig. One really has nothing to do with the other.
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Value for both gens depending in colors and options along with mi. Jay put more miles on that gt in a week than many have ever been driven. He’s now taken delivery of his Mustang Gtd.
Now that the no-flip period is up many are for sale with sub 100mi and still as delivered. Still possible to find a driven but cared for previous gen gt for under $500,000 if you want a driver.
Other than the fact that one vehicle costs hundreds of thousands of dollars or more, and one costs about $10k in near-mint condition (or less than $5k in daily driver condition), I am going to disagree. The Ford Probe was an excellent sports car, even by today’s standards. It isn’t a supercar, but it basically does the same thing. And there were trim levels of the Ford Probe which had the same racing stripe, etc.
Our definitions of excellent sports cars are wayyyyyy different… lol
I worked on many Probes and driven many of them, sporty never came to mind, now the Saturn SC2 was a fun little fast for the time car, the Eclipse 2.0 DOHC was a fun little driver, but the Probe, not so much…
I’ve had the front end off and the dash out of a couple of Probes swapping 100% of the A/C from a factory A/C car to a non A/C car, not a fun job either… I hated those cars…
However, they did make a good drag race car when full framed and made RWD with a big V8…
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Comparing a rebadged Mazda to a modern-day race machine…they just don’t do the same thing. Straight line acceleration, cornering and handling, performance on race day, the two cars are fifth cousins twice removed.
That’s not to say I would buy one if I won the Powerball tomorrow. Those cars just aren’t my thing. You’re more likely to find me in a ‘64 Coupe DeVille or a ‘56 Olds. Would you say the 64 Cadillac basically does the same thing as a 98 Camry?
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Not at all. I would say that the 98 Camry is a vastly superior car in every way. Better performance, even with a 4-cylinder engine, better fuel economy, easier maintenance, better comfort and convenience features, better safety features, etc.
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Now how did I know you would say that? 
Now there you’re wrong. 98 Camry doesn’t have wing windows and probably only has 1 ash tray. And the power steering may require more than 2 fingers to turn the steering wheel in a parking lot.
You could get seat belts in 1964. But what makes you think safety is important to me when choosing a car? That’s part of the point of the discussion. The nice lady at the grocery store assumed I cared how much my green beans cost. Another poster here thinks it’s important I know what’s in my deodorant. When in fact I care about neither.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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Wing windows went away for a good reason. Any vehicle with ZERO ash tray is the BEST feature.
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It’s been about 20 years since I had a car with wing windows. Hopefully I’ll have one again in a few years when time and money allows for a fun project car.
Perfect example of the discussion in another thread…what’s important to one person may not be important to another.
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Ash trays are where you kept loose change… lol
or the door handle-depending…
More than once, I’ve turned down rental cars because they were supposed to be smoke a free vehicle. First thing I always do when I get into a new rental is turn on the blower. If I smell smoke, I refuse the vehicle.
My Highlander has a little cubby hole for change. I use to keep the NH Toll tokens there before NH went to the EX-Pass system.
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I can easily afford a Probe NOW. While it’s a decent sports car it’s NOT in the same category or price range of a Ford GT.
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A set of the bbs wheels for a Ford Gt is worth nearly the same as the highest sales on bat. $20,000 for the probe compared to $18k for wheels real world the probe is a 10k car tops.
Please share why you think they went away.
My first car (with no AC) had wing windows. I never smoked but I still thought the wing windows combined with the kick panel vents were a very useful way to keep cool, and vent the car in the rain without letting it in.
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Me too, miss the wing windows
It’s because of AC. I don’t know of any vehicle you can get these days without AC.
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